Carnegie Mellon University Africa has partnered with the National Basketball Association Africa (NBA Africa) on a startup accelerator program that aims to support the next wave of early-stage African startup businesses transforming the sports and creative sectors. The NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator was launched by the league last year to support the continent’s technology ecosystem and the next generation of African entrepreneurs.
NBA Africa announced the partnership in a recent press release, as well as the 10 African startup companies that have been selected as finalists. The finalists will pitch their products to a panel of international industry leaders at an event, called Demo Day, which will be held at CMU-Africa in Kigali, Rwanda on December 5.
Five winners will be chosen to receive financial support and the opportunity to join CMU-Africa’s 12-month Business Incubation Program in their Innovation Hub, which helps African tech startups transform proof-of-concept prototypes and preliminary market assessments into scalable, market-ready products and services.
The 10 finalists who will pitch on Demo Day include:
Athlon Technology (Egypt) aims to leverage accessible mobile technology and AI to provide video analysis for amateur and budget-constrained sports teams while addressing a market gap with a user-friendly, hardware-light solution.
